MFA 44.750, Embroidered picture by Katherine Greene, America (1745)

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 44.750. 43.7 x 56.7 cm.

Linen plain weave embroidered with wool and silk.

This is a pictorial embroidery of seated piping shepherd and shepherdess possibly embroidered by Katherine Greene Amory, American (Boston, Massachusetts), 1731–1777. The piece has a plain weave linen ground embroidered with silk and wool in tent stitch.[1].

MFA 44.750 Embroidered picture. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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[1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fragment-with-wrestling-lions-and-harpies-66254